K. Blake Darcy

K. BLAKE DARCY has been the Chief Executive Officer of DLJdirect, Inc.
since its founding in 1988. In 1997, under Mr. Darcy’s direction,
DLJdirect created a separate technology group at DLJdirect that develops
online solutions for financial organizations. Mr. Darcy was with DLJ
from 1984 to 1988, where he formed a new business unit at DLJ’s Pershing
Division designed to provide turn-key discount brokerage services to
banks and insurance companies, and served as Vice President, Marketing
Manager of Direct Brokerage Services. Mr. Darcy began his career in the
financial services industry as a retail broker with Lehman Brothers in
1982. Mr. Darcy graduated with honors from Hamilton College, where he
earned a BA in Government.